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Iver Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God , or the concierge Vratarnitsa - Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary and Child, is revered as a miraculous [1] , belongs to the type of icon-painting Hodigitria . The original is in the Iberian monastery on Mount Athos in Greece , according to the Orthodox tradition it was written by St. Luke .
The legend about finding icons -
In the IX century during the reign of Emperor Theophilus in order to save the icon of the iconoclastic image was lowered into the sea a woman who lived near the city of Nicaea . After two centuries, the Georgian monks on Mount Athos monastery Iver see an icon in the sea , supported by pillar of fire . The Rev. Gabriel of the Holy Mountain , in a dream indication of the Virgin, on foot walked on the water and brought the icon to Catholicon , but in the morning it was discovered over the gate of the monastery. Tradition says that since repeated several times , so the icon left at the gate and called Vratarnitsey or the concierge , and on behalf of the monastery - the Iberian monastery - she was named the Boys. Initially, the icon was outside, in Kyoto directly above the entrance , but later built a special small church inside the monastery , to the left of the gate , where she resides today .

In the XVI century, the icon was decorated with chased silver setting of the Georgian masters . [3] Salary leaves open only the faces of the Virgin and Christ Child .

Forged oklad.Razmer - 17.5 x 22.5 cm
MOC - $ 2200
 Blitz -2500 $